“Above all, success in business requires two things: a winning competitive strategy, and superb organizational execution. Distrust is the enemy of both. I submit that while high trust won’t necessarily rescue a poor strategy, low trust will almost always derail a good one. “
“Admission of ignorance is often the first step in our education.”
“Be a light not a judge. Be a model not a choice. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”
“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”
“Habit is the intersection of knowledge (what to do), skill (how to do), and desire (want to do).”
“Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.”
“He who has a why can deal with any what or how.”
“I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.”
“I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.”
“If I really want to improve my situation, I can work on the one thing over which I have control – myself.”
“If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.”
“If we can’t trust ourselves, we’ll have a hard time trusting others.”
“If we keep doing what we’re doing, we’re going to keep getting what we’re getting.”
“In a high-trust relationship, you can say the wrong thing, and people will still get your meaning. In a low-trust relationship, you can be very measured, even precise, and they’ll still misinterpret you.”
“It is one thing to make a mistake, and quite another thing not to admit it. People will forgive mistakes, because mistakes are usually of the mind, mistakes of judgment. But people will not easily forgive the mistakes of the heart, the ill intention, the bad motives, the prideful justifying cover-up of the first mistake.”
“It’s not what happens to us, but our response to what happens to us that hurts us.”
“Link yourself to your potential, not to your past.”
“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.”
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”
“Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them.”
“Our ultimate freedom is the right and power to decide how anybody or anything outside ourselves will affect us.”
“Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities”
“The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People:
– Habit 1: Be Proactive.
– Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind.
– Habit 3: Put First Things First.
– Habit 4: Think Win/Win.
– Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood.
– Habit 6: Synergize.
– Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw.”
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today.”
“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.”
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
“The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.”
“The principle is simply this: We tend to get what we expect – both from ourselves and from others. When we expect more, we tend to get more; when we expect less, we tend to get less.”
“The way we see the problem is the problem.”
“Through imagination, we can visualize the un-credited worlds of potential that lie within us.”
“To achieve goals you’ve never achieved before, you need to start doing things you’ve never done before.”
“To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where you are now and so that the steps you take are always in the right direction.”
“To change ourselves effectively, we first had to change our perceptions.”
“Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
“Treat your employees exactly as you want them to treat your best customers.”
“Trust is the glue of life. It’s the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It’s the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
“Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It’s not logical; it’s psychological.”
“Unless you’re continually improving your skills, you’re quickly becoming irrelevant.”
“We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.”
“We judge ourselves by our intentions. And others by their actions.”
“We see the world, not as it is, but as we are – or, as we are conditioned to see it.”
“What you do has greater impact than what you say.”
“What you see often depends on what you are looking for.”
“When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective.”
“When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it’s like giving them emotional oxygen.”
“While we cannot always choose what happens to us, we can choose our responses.”
“You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.”
“You can’t change the fruit without changing the root.”
“You can’t talk your way out of a problem you behaved your way into!”